Weathering Erosion Deposition

Which picture represents water eroding sediment?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to the sediment when a river slows down at a curve?

• the river picks up larger pieces of sediment

• the river loses energy and drops sediment

• the river gains energy and picks up large boulders

• the river stops all erosion at this point

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is erosion?

• When sediment is transported from one place to another

• When eroded materials are dropped or laid down.

• when sediment or rocks are broken down

• when rocks react with oxygen and water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• whooshing

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• breaking

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Which of these examples is deposition?

• wind blowing sand

• sand that was dropped on the beach by waves

• pebbles falling downhill due to gravity

• a tree root breaking a rock

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

What is the movement of weathered material (sediment) from one place to another by wind, water, gravity, or ice?

• erosion

• deposition

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

Weathering, erosion, and deposition impact Earth's geographic features.

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• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_______________ moves material from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

This is the process of dropping sediment in a new location.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition